diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 04b1603c3c..6d8ca3317f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ Important changes:
 * Upgrade to prometheus 1.3.0
   [#3122](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/3122)
 
+* [EXPORTER] Change log resources location for ElasticsearchLogRecordExporter
+  [#3119](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/3131)
+
+  * Moved from `root/resources` to `root`
+
 ## [1.17 2024-10-07]
 
 * [CI] Add a clang-tidy build
diff --git a/exporters/elasticsearch/include/opentelemetry/exporters/elasticsearch/es_log_recordable.h b/exporters/elasticsearch/include/opentelemetry/exporters/elasticsearch/es_log_recordable.h
index 52d24cada6..9baf9ef7bd 100644
--- a/exporters/elasticsearch/include/opentelemetry/exporters/elasticsearch/es_log_recordable.h
+++ b/exporters/elasticsearch/include/opentelemetry/exporters/elasticsearch/es_log_recordable.h
@@ -28,16 +28,12 @@ class ElasticSearchRecordable final : public sdk::logs::Recordable
 {
 private:
   /**
-   * A helper method that writes a key/value pair under a specified name, the two names used here
-   * being "attributes" and "resources"
+   * A helper method that writes a value under a specified name.
+   * `name` will be at the root of the JSON object. If it has to be nested under some other keys,
+   * then write `name` as `key1.key2.[...].name`
    */
-  void WriteKeyValue(nostd::string_view key,
-                     const opentelemetry::common::AttributeValue &value,
-                     const std::string &name);
-
-  void WriteKeyValue(nostd::string_view key,
-                     const opentelemetry::sdk::common::OwnedAttributeValue &value,
-                     const std::string &name);
+  void WriteValue(const opentelemetry::sdk::common::OwnedAttributeValue &value,
+                  const std::string &name);
 
   void WriteValue(const opentelemetry::common::AttributeValue &value, const std::string &name);
 
diff --git a/exporters/elasticsearch/src/es_log_recordable.cc b/exporters/elasticsearch/src/es_log_recordable.cc
index 56d7cea71b..3412a8cc61 100644
--- a/exporters/elasticsearch/src/es_log_recordable.cc
+++ b/exporters/elasticsearch/src/es_log_recordable.cc
@@ -14,44 +14,7 @@ namespace exporter
 {
 namespace logs
 {
-void ElasticSearchRecordable::WriteKeyValue(nostd::string_view key,
-                                            const opentelemetry::common::AttributeValue &value,
-                                            const std::string &name)
-{
-  switch (value.index())
-  {
-    case common::AttributeType::kTypeBool:
-      json_[name][key.data()] = opentelemetry::nostd::get<bool>(value) ? true : false;
-      return;
-    case common::AttributeType::kTypeInt:
-      json_[name][key.data()] = opentelemetry::nostd::get<int>(value);
-      return;
-    case common::AttributeType::kTypeInt64:
-      json_[name][key.data()] = opentelemetry::nostd::get<int64_t>(value);
-      return;
-    case common::AttributeType::kTypeUInt:
-      json_[name][key.data()] = opentelemetry::nostd::get<unsigned int>(value);
-      return;
-    case common::AttributeType::kTypeUInt64:
-      json_[name][key.data()] = opentelemetry::nostd::get<uint64_t>(value);
-      return;
-    case common::AttributeType::kTypeDouble:
-      json_[name][key.data()] = opentelemetry::nostd::get<double>(value);
-      return;
-    case common::AttributeType::kTypeCString:
-      json_[name][key.data()] = opentelemetry::nostd::get<const char *>(value);
-      return;
-    case common::AttributeType::kTypeString:
-      json_[name][key.data()] =
-          opentelemetry::nostd::get<opentelemetry::nostd::string_view>(value).data();
-      return;
-    default:
-      return;
-  }
-}
-
-void ElasticSearchRecordable::WriteKeyValue(
-    nostd::string_view key,
+void ElasticSearchRecordable::WriteValue(
     const opentelemetry::sdk::common::OwnedAttributeValue &value,
     const std::string &name)
 {
@@ -59,25 +22,25 @@ void ElasticSearchRecordable::WriteKeyValue(
   switch (value.index())
   {
     case common::kTypeBool:
-      json_[name][key.data()] = opentelemetry::nostd::get<bool>(value) ? true : false;
+      json_[name] = opentelemetry::nostd::get<bool>(value) ? true : false;
       return;
     case common::kTypeInt:
-      json_[name][key.data()] = opentelemetry::nostd::get<int>(value);
+      json_[name] = opentelemetry::nostd::get<int>(value);
       return;
     case common::kTypeInt64:
-      json_[name][key.data()] = opentelemetry::nostd::get<int64_t>(value);
+      json_[name] = opentelemetry::nostd::get<int64_t>(value);
       return;
     case common::kTypeUInt:
-      json_[name][key.data()] = opentelemetry::nostd::get<unsigned int>(value);
+      json_[name] = opentelemetry::nostd::get<unsigned int>(value);
       return;
     case common::kTypeUInt64:
-      json_[name][key.data()] = opentelemetry::nostd::get<uint64_t>(value);
+      json_[name] = opentelemetry::nostd::get<uint64_t>(value);
       return;
     case common::kTypeDouble:
-      json_[name][key.data()] = opentelemetry::nostd::get<double>(value);
+      json_[name] = opentelemetry::nostd::get<double>(value);
       return;
     case common::kTypeString:
-      json_[name][key.data()] = opentelemetry::nostd::get<std::string>(value).data();
+      json_[name] = opentelemetry::nostd::get<std::string>(value).data();
       return;
     default:
       return;
@@ -321,7 +284,7 @@ void ElasticSearchRecordable::SetResource(
 {
   for (auto &attribute : resource.GetAttributes())
   {
-    WriteKeyValue(attribute.first, attribute.second, "resource");
+    WriteValue(attribute.second, attribute.first);
   }
 }